Last night after the kids were sleep, my husband and I just talked.  We sat at the dining room table and just talked.  He talked and I listened, and I talked and he intently listened.  This was not one of those fast-paced, eager to speak conversations, but it was one of those I’m just happy to be here with you type of conversations. It was good & it was just us.  It was a moment of us building our friendship.  I was reminded that although marriage is about so many things (love, Christ, parenting, partnership, intimacy, business), that friendship is the core. Are you friends with your spouse?  Do you envision…

Marriages are under attack.  Marriages are of God and are very special to God so it’s no surprise that Satan attacks them.  That’s how enemies operate.  They know what you care about and they seek to destroy that.  If we are going to enjoy the blessing of marriage as God intends, we must learn how to: forgive, love & pray.  We must know without wavering that we have an enemy that seeks to destroy us, our marriages and our families.  Jesus himself told us: “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might…

As we celebrate 2 years of marriage today, I pray that I’m able to share from my experience in a way that will: encourage you, inspire you, and help you to view marriage in a healthy way.  I can’t discuss marriage without discussing God because God designed marriage.  Even though we live in a world that doesn’t give God the credit and praise that He deserves, I have to give Him all the credit. It is because of God that I am married and it is because of God that I will stay married.  Why?  Because God has established marriage.  We must remain in God in order to even view…

What you respect you will protect.  What you respect will guide your actions.  Do you respect marriage? I respect marriage, and I’m finding that because of that my actions follow suit. Prior to marriage, your thinking is different, and that is understandable because you haven’t yet entered into the covenant of marriage.  However, after you say I do, your actions should change.   Although we don’t always anticipate and easily accept the changes that marriage brings, we must respect it and understand it’s a part of the process.  We can’t get married and think that everything will remain the same.  We must respect marriage and enjoy relationships with others who…

People desire marriage for various reasons.  While happiness is certainly an aspect of marriage, keep in mind it is only a part.  No doubt you should marry someone who makes you happy, but you do so realizing that they won’t always make you happy.  How could they?  No one is perfect.  This leads us to the realization that: Marriage is not merely about happiness. Marriage is about so much more than happiness, but so often we have in our minds that marriage itself should make us happy.  Or, we have the fantasy, Disney story mindset that marriage is ALL about happiness.  Both of these are unrealistic expectations to have in…